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Filed July 29 1921 Dec. 11, 1923.

H. A. VAUGHAN TOY Filed July 29. 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENIOR.

A TTORNEY-S 'To all whom it may concern:

Patented Dec. 11, 1923.

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Application 111m my 29, 192 sen-a1 n oflssam Be it known thatI, HENRY A. VAUGHAN-7 a citiz'enuotthe United States, residing at Selma, in the county of Dallas and State of Alabama, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toys; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,

clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the,

art to which it appertains toimakeand use the same.

This invention relates to newand useful improvements in toys, andmore particularly to manually operated toys, the 'mainobject of the present invention'being the provision of a toy of simple construction and includmg a stationary mannikinhaving mounted thereon for swinging'movement a ladder, normally d spos'ed 1n a horlzontal pos tion with means-for raising and lowering this ladder and also a mannikin pivotally supported upon'the'free end of the ladder and means for imparting movement to said mannikin whereby to cause the same'to' assume various positionswith respect to the latter.

Another obj ect of the invention is the provision of a toy which is extremely simple in construction so that the same can be'manufactured at comparatively low cost and the operating means of the toy is so simple so that when any of the parts thereof become broken they can be quickly and readily replacedand the operation is such that the toy can be readily operated by a small child With the above and other objects in view the invention consist in the novel features of construction, combination and arrange ment of parts hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in the claims and shown in the accompanying drawings, inwhich Figurel is a side elevation of a toy con structed inacoordance with my invention,

parts thereof being broken away and illustrated in section and various positions of the toy illustrated in dotted lines;

Fig. 2 is an endelevation'; Fig. 3 is atop plan View; 7 Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view;

Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectional View taken on the line5 -5 of Fig. 3; A

Fig.6 isia transverse sectional view taken on the line 6-6 of Fig, 1 and 4 'Fig'. 7 is a transverse sectional-view taken In carrying out my invent on, 1 provide a substantiallylongitudinal base member gen erally indicated by thenuineral 1 which can 2 located at each end thereof.

Upon one end or the base 1 are arranged two upright supporting standards 3 having a spacing block .44; arranged between the same said standards and block being secured to the base member '1 in any suitable manner. Mounted upon the upper end of the standards 3is a platform 5 "and arranged upon :the platform approximately centrally thereof-is a mannikin, the leg portions 6 of which are rigidly secured to the platform 5 and arranged upon opposite sides of an opening 7. Extending transversely throughthe upper ends of the-leg portions 6 of the mannikin is a shaft 8 upon which the lower end of the body portion 9 of the mannikin is mounted for pivotal movement. 7 Arranged upon the shaft 9 outside of the leg portions 6 are the side rails of a ladder 10 and in order to connect the body 9 of themannikin to-theladder. the arms 1101. the mannikin are connectedto one of the rungs of the ladder as shown at 12 and as the-arms 11 are connectedto the body 9 by means of the transverse pin 13, the movement of the body of the mannikin will readily impart movementto the ladder.

In order to impart movement to thebody of the mannikin 9, a cord orcable- 14I is extended through an opening in the body of the mannikin as illustrated in Fig. 5.; said cord being secured against movement through the-body of the mannikin and from the body the cord extends down over a pulley 15 mounted upon the shaft 16 in the base 1, thence extends to the opposite end of the base 1 and around-a pulley 17, said cord being secured to the pulley 17 in any suitable manner whereby the cord will positively move with the rot'at ion of thepulley. The cord 14 then extends under a tightening Y pulley 18 and is thence returned to the end of thebase to which the mannikin is mounted and passed around a pulley 19 and thence from the pulley 19 up to the back portion of the body of the mannikin. It will be noted that the cord 14 is an endless cord and is secured against independent movement to the body of thefmannikin and to the pulley 17 so-that when the pulley 17 isrotated, the cord will readily pass over the pulleys 15 lfiand l9 and impart movement to the body 7 El ot the inannikin. It will: be noted that thelower endof the body 9 of the mannikin 7 is substantially. rectangulanfpresenting two substantially parallel. faces over which the jcord passes so thatwvhen the pulley 17 is rotated in one direotiomthe body 9 will be forced to move upon the pivot shaft 8 and asthearms 11 of the mannikin are conthat by grasping the hand lever 20 when in the position shown in full lines asshown in Fig. 1', and moving the same downwardly to the'dotted line position,: the body 9 of the mannikin will be movedto the dotted 20- .10 to an upright position. Itwill be noted line position shown, thus raising the ladder that When the ladder is in a lowered or Y substantially horizontal 'position,,o-ne of the rungs of the ladder willnormally rest upon the upper end of a supporting-rod 21' which ismounted upon the base and extends upwardly for the purpose fof'supporting the 7 thereto in their proper relative positions, the. outerends of the arms being rigidly-con-" ladder.

- -Mounted for swinging movement with the rung atthe outeruend of the ladder ilOJlS a niannikini 22. comprising a body portionhavingarms and legs pivotallyconnected nected to the outerrung of the ladder and as the outer rung of the ladder is mounted for'rotationin theside' rails thereof, move:

I ment of this rung will impart movement to I ,7 the 'mannikin whereby rotation of the rung positions'as illustrated in Fig "1. 'Mounted' will cause the mannikin to assume various upon one end ofthe rung 23 upon which the mannikin 22' is mounted is a pulley 24 and passed around the pulley'24 is a-cord 25 is crossed as shown at 26 andthen passed over a loose guide pulley 27 and'thence extended in, opposite directions around a pulley 28' mounted upon the shaft 8. This pulley 28 is providedwith a; double roove and mounted V in the groove opposite thefcord25 is a second cord29, one end of: which extends downwardly and around'a guide pulley 3,0 thence to the opposite end ofthe base 1 and around an operating pulley 31. After passing aroundthe operating pulley 31'the cord ex- 7 tends beneath a guide pulleyj32, thence re.

turnsito the'opposite end of the base and 1 around a :pulley 33 thence upwardly and aroundthe' pulley 28 making a complete circuitrfrom the; pulley '28 tothe pulley 31;

'Theaportion' of the COIdQQ'IWhlOll passes around the pulley. 31 issecured tothe pulleyinn-any suitable manner so that when the pulley 3,1 is rotated it will impart movement to'the cord 29.1'otating the pulley 28, imparting movement to the cord 25 which in turn will rotate the shaft or rung 23 through the medium of the pulley 24:. In order to impart movement to the operating pulley 31,

a hand lever 34' is connected to the pulley and adapted to be moved in an are indicated by the arrows whereby to impart movement to, the mannikin 22 to cause the same to assume various positions with respect to the ladder 10.

Byv use of endless cords and tightening guide pulleys as described, sufiicient frictional resistance is produced to maintain the respectir e parts normally stationary in any position and at the same time to make the parts respond promptly to any motion of the operative levers so that the toy is susceptible both to unskilled and also to highly skilled manipulation and with the latter can be made to produce a very amusing and entertaining performance closely simulating that of highly skilled acrobats.

In order to enclose and guide the cords 29 and 14, a longitudinal iecc 35 is mounted upon the longitudina base 1 and secured to the edges of this top piece 35 are the side portions 36 which are arranged in spaced relation with the sides of the base member '1 in order to provide suitable channels within which the cords 14 and 29 move. In order to enclose the pulleys 17, 18, 31 and 32, a casing is arranged over the pulleys comprising the side walls .36, the endpieces 37 and the central member 38, suitable spaces remaining between the central portion 38 and the side walls 36 to permit free movement of the hand levers 20 and 34.

' Mounted upon the base portion of the toy and arranged directly beneath the outer end of the ladder when in a horizontal position as shown in Fig. 1, is'a supporting bench 39 upon which'the mannikin 22 rests when the ladder'lO-is in the horizontal position shown. If it be found necessary to enclose the pulleys 30,33 and 15, a covering member 40 may be arranged upon the upper surface of the member 5 and the side portions of said covering may extend down from the edges of the member 5 as shown in F ig. 1 so that the various parts'of the operating mechanism will be entirely out of sight.

From the above description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it will be readily apparent that I have provided a toy which is extremely simple in construction and can be manufactured and placed upon the market at comparatively low cost.

In operating the toy, the ladder 10 and the inannikin 22 may be operated independent of one another. By pulling downwardly upon the hand lever 20, the ladder 10 may be raised to an upright position as illustrated in dotted lines in Fig. 1, then by manipulating the hand lever 34, the mannikin 22 ill) my be caused to assume various positions with respect'to the ladder, causing the same to imitate an acrobat upon the top of the ladder. Upon releasing the hand lever 20, the weight of the ladder will return the same to its normal horizontal position, as shown in full lines in Fig. 1, and even when the ladder is in this position, the mannikin 92 may be manipulated to assume various positions. The device is so simple that a small child can readily operate the same without any trouble whatever.

1 claim:

1. A device of the class described includ ing a base member, a mannikin mounted above one end of the base member, said mannikin having a portion of its body stationary and another portion movable, a ladder member supported by the stationary portion of the body and having engagement with the movable part, manual, controlled, means for. imparting movement to the movable portion of the mannilrin, whereby to raise and lower said ladder, a second mannilrin connected with the outer end of the ladder and independent, manual, controlled,

means connected with the movable portion or" the body of the mannilrin whereby to impart movement to the same for raising and lowering the ladder and means for support ing said ladder when in a lowered position.

3. A device of the class described includ ing a base, a platform arranged above the base at one end, a mannikin mounted upo-n the platform having its legs fixed to the platform, a shaft extending through the upper portions of the legs and upon which the body portion is mounted for swinging move ment, a ladder having one of its ends mounts ed upon said shaft and having connection with the movable portion of the mannikin.

an endless cord extending through the body.

of the mannilrin, a rotatable pulley at the opposite end of the base around which the cord passes and secured thereto, and a hand lever connected with the pulley whereby movement of the hand lever will rotate the pulley and impart movement to the movable portion of the mannikin to raise and lower the ladder.

4;. A device of the class described includ ing a base member, a platform arranged above one end of the base member, amannikin upon said platform having itsleg portions afiixed thereto, means for 'pivotally mounting the body of the mannikin between the leg portions, a ladder having one end pivotally connected with the leg portions and connected to the movable body portion whereby movement of the body will raise and lower the ladder, a second mannikin connected with the outer end of the ladder and movable independently with respect to the ladder and first mannikin and independent, manual, controlled, means for operating said mannikins and ladder.

5. A device of the class described including a base member, a platform supported above the base member, a mannikin mounted upon said platform having a movable body, a ladder pivotally supported upon the platform and connected with the movable body, a second mannikin connected with the opposite end of the ladder, and independent, manual, controlled, operating m ans for imparting movement to the movable portion of the first mannikin whereby to raise and lower the ladder and actuate the second mannikin to cause the same to assume various positions with respect to the ladder.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

7 'HENRY ALBERT VAUGHAN. 

